Welcome

Welcome to 485Ambiguous

485Ambiguous.com is where you can come to get information and thoughts about various aspects of web design and technology plus some other interesting topics that surface from time to time. It’s not a showcase or anything like that, but things will undoubtedly change over time as new tools and techniques leave their mark.

If you would like to know a little more about why this site came into being then this short introduction may be just what you need.

About

About 485Ambiguous

485Ambiguous is aka Jeremy Trask who is currently operating as a freelance engineer undertaking various projects. For the slightly longer version read my slightly longer introduction.

If you are wondering about the origins of the name then think of something you may be more familiar with, such as “404 Not Found”, then consider that there are additional Response Codes which may be used in other contexts, and finally wind up at IETF RFC3261 Section 21.4.23 – did I mention I have a telecommunications background?

Blog

Chances are you’ve experienced the behaviour under OS X where you go to start up an application or access a file and a pop-up appears warning you that the application/file has been downloaded from the Internet and are you sure you trust it? Well, this application or file is in “quarantine” until you explicitly give …

Usually under OS X when you want to zip up a bunch of stuff into a zip file you’ll make use of the Compress command and often times this may be suitable. But, have you ever done this and then unzipped the resulting file on a *nix machine or a Windows machine? If you haven’t …

I am 485Ambiguous aka Jeremy Trask. I am currently operating as a freelance engineer undertaking various web related and other projects that interest me – yes, I need to make a living but I also need to enjoy what I am doing. My background is firmly in telecommunications although I started off as an apprentice …

Projects

My main project at the present is working with the good folk over at iThemes on BackupBuddy support and development on a part-time basis. Whilst I occasionally dabble with a few other things, some related to this and some not, this takes up most of my available time not given over to my other roles.

Services

I am not currently actively seeking any new opportunities to provide services or other support due to lack of available time.